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USA Today | Susan WloszczynaAdd Critic to Favorites

Pure wish-fulfillment for Shaq-watchers who can't get enough of their 7-foot-1 basketball hero. [17 July 1996, p. 9D]Read the full review

Washington Post | Esther IveremAdd Critic to Favorites

Alas, the movie's producers could use a genie of their own. Surely, if granted three wishes, they could have produced a better film.Read the full review

Variety | Godfrey CheshireAdd Critic to Favorites

With its uneven mix of comedy, melodrama and action, pic will need all the help Shaq's name and a rap soundtrack can provide.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

As for Shaquille O'Neal, given his own three wishes the next time, he should go for a script, a director and an interesting character.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

It takes the movie all of 15 minutes to descend into sub-Spielbergian banalities about poor Max's search for his absentee dad.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Jack MathewsAdd Critic to Favorites

The odd truth is that the film's novice star is better than the material.Read the full review

The New York Times | Lawrence Van GelderAdd Critic to Favorites

Memo to Shaquille O'Neal: Don't give up your night job.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Original enough to come up with new ways to go wrong. For one, the film is a blatant showcase to promote O'Neal as a rap artist.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

This is as witless as movies come -- an unamusing, moronic blend of horrible acting and inept screenwriting.Read the full review

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